Job 24
1 Tymes ben not hid fro Almyyti God; sotheli thei that knowen hym, knowen not hise daies.
Howe should not the times be hid from the Almightie, seeing that they which knowe him, see not his dayes?
2 Othere men turneden ouer the termes of neiyboris eritage, thei token awei flockis, and fedden tho.
Some remoue the land marks, that rob the flockes and feede thereof.
3 Thei driueden awei the asse of fadirlesse children, and token awei the cow of a widewe for a wed.
They leade away the asse of the fatherles: and take the widowes oxe to pledge.
4 Thei distrieden the weie of pore men, and thei oppressiden togidere the mylde men of erthe.
They make the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hide themselues together.
5 Othere men as wielde assis in deseert goon out to her werk; and thei waken to prey, and bifor maken redy breed to her children.
Behold, others as wilde asses in the wildernesse, goe forth to their businesse, and rise early for a praye: the wildernesse giueth him and his children foode.
6 Thei kitten doun a feeld not hern, and thei gaderen grapis of his vyner, whom thei han oppressid bi violence.
They reape his prouision in the fielde, but they gather the late vintage of the wicked.
7 Thei leeuen men nakid, and taken awei the clothis, to whiche men is noon hiling in coold;
They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde.
8 whiche men the reynes of munteyns weeten, and thei han noon hilyng, and biclippen stoonys.
They are wet with the showres of the moutaines, and they imbrace the rocke for want of a couering.
9 Thei diden violence, and robbiden fadirles and modirles children; and thei spuyliden, `ether robbiden, the comynte of pore men.
They plucke the fatherles from the breast, and take the pledge of the poore.
10 Thei token awey eeris of corn fro nakid men, and goynge with out cloth, and fro hungry men.
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and take the glening from the hungrie.
11 Thei weren hid in myddai among the heepis of tho men, that thirsten, whanne the presses ben trodun.
They that make oyle betweene their walles, and treade their wine presses, suffer thirst.
12 Thei maden men of citees to weile, and the soulis of woundid men schulen crye; and God suffrith it not to go awei vnpunyschid.
Men cry out of the citie, and the soules of the slayne cry out: yet God doth not charge them with follie.
13 Thei weren rebel to liyt; thei knewen not the weyes therof, nether thei turneden ayen bi the pathis therof.
These are they, that abhorre the light: they know not the wayes thereof, nor continue in the paths thereof.
14 A mansleere risith ful eerli, and sleeth a nedi man, and a pore man; sotheli bi nyyt he schal be as a nyyt theef.
The murtherer riseth earely and killeth the poore and the needie: and in the night he is as a theefe.
15 The iye of avouter kepith derknesse, and seith, An yye schal not se me; and he schal hile his face.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, and sayth, None eye shall see me, and disguiseth his face.
16 Thei mynen housis in derknessis, as thei seiden togidere to hem silf in the dai; and thei knewen not liyt.
They digge through houses in the darke, which they marked for themselues in the daye: they knowe not the light.
17 If the morewtid apperith sudeynli, thei demen the schadewe of deth; and so thei goon in derknessis as in liyt.
But the morning is euen to them as the shadow of death: if one knowe them, they are in the terrours of the shadowe of death.
18 He is vnstablere than the face of the water; his part in erthe be cursid, and go he not bi the weie of vyneris.
He is swift vpon the waters: their portion shalbe cursed in the earth: he will not behold the way of the vineyardes.
19 Passe he to ful greet heete fro the watris of snowis, and the synne of hym `til to hellis. (Sheol h7585)
As the dry ground and heate consume the snowe waters, so shall the graue the sinners. (Sheol h7585)
20 Merci foryete hym; his swetnesse be a worm; be he not in mynde, but be he al to-brokun as `a tre vnfruytful.
The pitifull man shall forget him: the worme shall feele his sweetenes: he shalbe no more remembered, and the wicked shalbe broke like a tree.
21 For he fedde the bareyn, and hir that childith not, and he dide not wel to the widewe.
He doth euil intreat ye barren, that doeth not beare, neither doeth he good to the widowe.
22 He drow doun stronge men in his strengthe; and whanne he stondith in `greet state, he schal not bileue to his lijf.
He draweth also the mighty by his power, and when he riseth vp, none is sure of life.
23 God yaf to hym place of penaunce, and he mysusith that in to pride; for the iyen of God ben in the weies of that man.
Though men giue him assurance to be in safetie, yet his eyes are vpon their wayes.
24 Thei ben reisid at a litil, and thei schulen not stonde; and thei schulen be maad low as alle thingis, and thei schulen be takun awei; and as the hyynessis of eeris of corn thei schulen be al to-brokun.
They are exalted for a litle, but they are gone, and are brought lowe as all others: they are destroyed, and cut off as the toppe of an eare of corne.
25 That if it is not so, who may repreue me, that Y liede, and putte my wordis bifor God?
But if it be not so, where is he? or who wil proue me a lyer, and make my words of no value?
